Character Of Scrooge In Bob Marley's A Christmas Carol

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Marley and Scrooge - the firm, known as Scrooge and Marley - although the sign hasn't changed since Marley’s death, the one thing that had worsened is the personality of Scrooge, the tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! On page two, I noticed the author states that Scrooge has an insufficient fire for keeping himself warm, but the clerk’s fire (Bob Cratchit) was so indubitably small that it looked like one coal, which is very small. Everyone used to know Scrooge’s persnickety personality throughout the community as an unpleasant personality to be around and an unpleasant friend to be around, in that his attitude is unacceptable to others and himself and is disrespectful …show more content…
Scrooge heard someone or something call his name in his room. Scrooge’s room had an undergone surprising transformation, his walls and ceiling were so hung with living green that considers related to a perfect grove from every part, which bright gleaming berries glistened. The noise that Scrooge heard was the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Present spoke, “Look upon me.” Scrooge peered upon the ghost, he explained to him as if he was clothed in a simple green robe, and bordered with white fur, it was hung so closely to the figure. The spirit forenamed, “You have never seen the like of me before.” and Scrooge replied back and spoke, “Never.” This spirit tried to synthesize Scrooge delighted before Christmas, so that is why he is called the Ghost of Christmas Past. The last ghost also tried to synthesize Scrooge to be delighted again, but he was called the Ghost of Christmas Past due to the reason that he wanted to remind Scrooge of how Christmas was without happiness. He announced to the spirit, “You seek to close these places on the Seventh Day and it comes to the same thing.”, the ghost forenamed,”I seek!” Scrooge now knows that the Ghost of Christmas Present is here to help him become delighted before the time of Christmas comes

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